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Hardcover The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism Book

ISBN: 0309084180

ISBN13: 9780309084185

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Book Overview

Gay. Straight. Or lying. It's as simple and straightforward as black or white, right? Or is there a gray area, where the definitions of sex and gender become blurred or entirely refocused with the deft and practiced use of a surgeon's knife? For some, the concept of gender -- the very idea we have of ourselves as either male or female beings -- is neither simple nor straightforward.

Written by cutting-edge researcher and sex expert J. Michael Bailey, The Man Who Would Be Queen is a frankly controversial, intensely poignant, and boldly forthright book about sex and gender. Based on his original research, Bailey's book is grounded firmly in science. But as he demonstrates, science doesn't always deliver predictable or even comfortable answers. Indeed, much of what he has to say will be sure to generate as many questions as it does answers.

Are gay men genuinely more feminine than other men? And do they really prefer to be hairdressers rather than lumberjacks? Are all male transsexuals women trapped in men's bodies -- or are some of them men who are just plain turned on by the idea of becoming a woman? And how much of a role do biology and genetics play in sexual orientation?

But while Bailey's science is provocative, it is the portraits of the boys and men who struggle with these questions -- and often with anger, fear, and hurt feelings -- that will move you. You will meet Danny, an eight-year old boy whose favorite game is playing house and who yearns to dress up as a princess for Halloween. And Martin, an expert makeup artist who was plagued by inner turmoil as a youth but is now openly homosexual and has had many men as sex partners. And Kim, a strikingly sexy transsexual who still has a penis and works as a dancer and a call girl for men who like she-males while she awaits sex reassignment surgery.

These and other stories make it clear that there are men -- and men who become women -- who want only to understand themselves and the society that makes them feel like outsiders. That there are parents, friends, and families that seek answers to confusing and complicated questions. And that there are researchers who hope one day to grasp the very nature of human sexuality. As the striking cover image -- a distinctly muscular and obviously male pair of legs posed in a pair of low-heeled pumps -- makes clear, the concept of gender, the very idea we have of ourselves as either male or female beings, is neither simple nor straightforward for some.

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Andrea James and autogynephilia

Well I never expected her to admit it, but reports are that she considers (or at least at one time considered) herself autogynephilic. She called Blanchard's ideas "brilliant." I agree. Anyone wanting to understand transsexualism must start here. I hope that Andrea James' endorsement of Blanchard's ideas will be swiftly followed by others who will stop denying what is obvious to the rest of us.

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The BEST Book on Transsexuality in Press

This book needs to be read by all transsexuals, including those who are in denial about their autogynphelia. This includes some of the most "famed" transsexuals, who don't accept or refuse to accept their autosexual motivations for undergoing sex reaassignment surgeries. A masculine man has surgery to become a woman. Why on earth would a man do this? A man would do this if he has autogynephilia and has a fanatical obsession...

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A Feast For The Discriminating Reader's Mind And Soul

Intrigued by the cover--a gnarly's man's legs, twisted in spikey high heels--I purchased this book on a whim. I read it with pleasure. Bailey is a scientist who writes with a magical pen that makes his writing understandable and lively for the lay reader (me!!!). The first section of this book talks about male homosexuality and the innate effeminancy of gay men. Bailey claims that gay men are always more effeminate than...

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A Frank and Honest Exploration Of Transsexual Development

This book explores a topic that has received only modest scholarly exploration: transsexuality. Bailey mines the available literature on transsexuality while conducting his own in depth qualitative research in Chicagoland's large and diverse transsexuality community. Bailey argues that are two basic kinds of transsexuality: homosexuality transsexuality, and autogynephilic transsexuality. The second type of transsexuality...

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Destined to become a classic

This is quite simply the finest work on transsexualism I have ever read. Period. In this extraordinary book, Bailey neatly summarizes the current scholarship on transsexuality. His main contribution is that he distinguishes homosexual from autogynephilic transsexuality. Homosexual transsexuals are sexy, feminine men who are extremely convincing in the female role before and after sex reassignment surgery. Autogynephilic...

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